Legal Opinion
Donald Emery Major v. Arizona State Prison, John Moran, H. J. Cardwell, Capt. Houlihan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1981No. 79-3287PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Donald Emery Major, a state prisoner confined to the Arizona State Penitentiary, initiated this civil rights action against various prison officials pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His pro se complaint, filed some twenty-two months after the acts complained of, alleged that the defendants, in response to his participation in an inmate work strike, denied him due process and subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment.1 The district court authorized Major to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Finding that the action was barred by Arizona’s…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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